LaFleur Ch. 6 A/P,Word Parts

Two bean-shaped organs located on each side of the vertebral column on the posterior wall of the abdominal cavity behind the parietal peritoneum. Their function is to remove waste products from the blood and to aid in maintaining water and electrolyte balances.

Urine-producing microscopic structure. Approximately 1 million nephrons are located in each kidney.

Cluster of capillaries at the entrance of the nephron. The process of filtering the blood, thereby forming urine, begins here.

Funnel-shaped reservoir that collects the urine and passes it to the ureter.

Indentation on the medial side of the kidney where the ureter leaves the kidney.

Two slender tubes, approximately 10 to 13 inches (26 to 33 cm) long that receive the urine from the kidneys and carry it to the posterior portion of the bladder.

Muscular, hollow organ that temporarily holds the urine. As it fills, the thick, muscular wall becomes thinner, and the organ increases in size.

Lowest part of the urinary tract, through which the urine passes from the urinary bladder to the outside of the body. This narrow tube varies in length by sex. It is 1.5 inches (3.8 cm) long in the female and 8 inches (20 cm) in the male, in whom it is also a part of the reproductive system. It carries seminal fluid (semen) at the time of ejaculation.

Opening through which the urine passes to the outside

Bladder, sac

Glomerulus

Meatus (opening)

Kidney

Renal pelvis

Ureter